Improvement in aspersoriums



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicE.

JAMES J. DUNN, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ASPERSORIUMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,484, dated May 16,1876 application filed April 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1',- JAMES J. DUNN,Of

. Meadville, county of Crawford, and State of proved aspersorium, orholy-water sprinkler,

for Catholic churches; and Fig. 2, a top view of the perforated head ofthe sprinkler.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to an improved asper- SOI'lllII], or sprinkler forholy water in Catholic churches, which may also be applied to bottlescontaining holy water. The sprinkler is always ready for use duringservice, and does not require a separate vessel containing the holywater, and a special attendant for the same. It is cheap and handy, andgives a copious supply whenever required.

The invention consists of a reservoir, which is attached to the handleof the aspersorium,

and provided with a neck, tube, and perforatedhead, for sprinkling thewater.

In the drawing, A represents a vessel or reservoir, of glass, metal, orother material, and preferably of elongated bulb shape. It is made of asize to contain a sufficient quantity It is applied, by a suitable capor ferrule at the lever end, to the handle, and hung up by asuspension-ring at the end when not in use. The water-reservoir Ais-provided at the other end with a perforated ball-shaped head, B, thatis screwed, by the threaded end of its neck 0, into the mouth of thereservoir. The neck 0 communicates,

by a small orifice or a perforated diaphragm, a, with the interior ofthe head,'and conveys the water from the reservoir to the same. Aperforated division-plate, B, of the head and a sponge placed in frontof the dividing-plate serve to regulate'and adjust the supply of water,so as to furnish a copious supply without allowing the escape of toogreat a quantity at the time. The sponge also serves to take up anywater that escapes to the head after the shaking of the aspersorium.

The neck is tightly secured by a cork, rubber, or other gasket into thereceptacle, to prevent leakage.

The device forms a handy, cheap, and convenient sprinkler for theservice, and for holywater bottles in use among Catholics.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination of hollow front perforatedbulb B, having sponge-chamber and tubular neck, with a reservoir,tapered and fitting at the small end over the said neck, as shown anddescribed, for the purpose specified.

JAMES JOSEPH DUNN.

Witnesses:

J. H. ODONNELL, B. E. OK EFE.

